Condiment holder



June 17, 1952 BROWN 2,600,839

CONDIMENT HOLDER Filed March 9, 1950 I NVEN TOR.

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E" ammva ATI'CI R N EYS Patented June 17, 1952 oFnc 4 CONDIMENT HOLDERArchie 'r. Brown, Biloxi, Miss. Application March 9, 1950, Serial No.148,600

2 Claims. (01. 2.22 -173)' This invention relates to a condiment holder,and more particularly to a salt shaker. I

.The object of the invention is to provide a salt holder or shaker whichis so constructed that practically no moisture can enter the interior ofthe shaker.

Another object of the invention is to provide a condiment holder thatincludes a plurality of discharge passageways which are sealed when theholder is placed on a table or other support surface.

Another object of the invention is to provide a condiment holder whichis extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application andwherein like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout thesame:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the condiment holder, accordingto the present invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view of the holder;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the condiment holder.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the condiment holder is fabricatedof suitable material and comprises a body I provided with an open end.The body Ill is shaped to define an interiorly threaded socket II andthe socket I I terminates in an interior chamber I2 for holdingcondiments, such as salt therein.

' A head I3 is provided with an exteriorly threaded neck I4, and thethreaded neck I4 is arranged in threaded engagement with the threadedsocket I I so that the open end of the body I0 is normally closed. Thehead I3 is provided with a bore I5 which communicates with the chamberI2 for receiving salt from the latter. The head I3 is shaped to define acircular rim portion l6 and a portion of the head is cut away to definea flat surface I]. A pair of spaced parallel passageways I8 and I9 arearranged in the head I3 and the passageways I8 and I9 extend from thefiat surface I! of the bore I5, the passageways serving to discharge thesalt therethrough as later described in this application.

Carried by the head [3 is a plurality of counterweights 20 and 2| whichnormally serve to retain the holder in the position shown in Figure 3 sothat the outer ends of the passageways I8 terial, the ball 24 being heldloosely in the bore the pin 23 maybe moved as desired in and I9 will beclosed by the supporting surface 22, which may be a table or other flatobject. A pin 23 is slidably and frictionally held by the rear end ofthe body I0 and the pin '23 is adapted to engage aportion of thesupporting surface 22 so that the position of the body I0 can beadjusted as desired.

' An additional sealing means is provided in the condiment holder andthis means comprises a ball 24 which may be made of any suitable ma- -I5by means of a pin 25 which is secured to the head l3.

of the head I3 is threaded into the socket II.

Then, the holder is normally positioned on a supporting surface such asa table 22 so that the fiat surface I1 of the head I3 abuts or iscontiguous to the supporting table 22. Thus, the outer ends of thepassageways I8 and I9 will be respectively sealed so that moisturecannot enter the interior of the salt shaker to mix with the salttherein. Further, an additional sealing means is provided and thisadditional means comprises the ball 24 which normally closes the innerends of the passageways I8 and I9. The counterweights 20 and M normallyhold the shaker in a position such that the flat surface I1 of the headI3 is contiguous to the supporting surface 22. Further, the body I 0 sothat there will be a fluid-tight seal between the supporting surface 22and the outer ends of the passageways I8 and I9 when the shaker ispositioned on a supporting body.

To discharge condiments such as salt from the shaker, the user merelygrasps the shaker in his hand and shakes or moves the device back andforth. This will cause the ball 24 to move back and forth and thecondiments will be permitted to discharge through the passageways I8 and19, the ball 24 serving to eifectively break the condiment up into smallparticles so that clogging of the device will be prevented.

While I have shown a certain embodiment of my invention, this is by wayof illustration only, and I consider as my own as such modifications inconstruction as fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A condiment shaker comprising a body provided with a threaded socket,said socket terminating in a chamber for holding condiments, a pinslidably connected to the rear end of said body and adapted to engage ahorizontal supporting surface, a head provided with an exteriorlythreaded neck arranged in engagement with said socket, there being abore arranged in said head for receiving condiments from said chamber, aportion of the exterior of said head bein shaped arcuately, anotherexterior portion of said head being shaped to define a flat surface,said head being provided with a pair of spaced passageways extendingfrom said bore to said flat surface for the discharge therethrough ofcondiment, a plurality of counterweights for normally holding said flatsurface in a position contiguous to the, supporting surface, and a ballarranged in said bore and adapted to selectively seal and unseal theinner ends of said passageways.

2. A condiment shaker comprising a body provided with a socket, saidsocket terminating in a chamber for holding condiments, a pin slidablyconnected to the-rear end of said body and adapt- 4 arcuately, anotherexterior portion of said head being shaped to define a flat surface,said head being provided with a plurality of spaced passagewaysextending from said bore to said flat surface for discharge therethroughof condiments, a plurality of counterweights normally holding said fiatsurface in a position contiguous to the supporting surface, and a ballarranged in said bore and adapted to selectively seal and unseal theinner ends of said passageways.

ARCHIE T. BROWN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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